befitting a mother warm and nurturing
in a maternal manner as a mother
"she loved her students almost maternally"
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motherly
I have thought that in all women's deepest loves, be they ever so full of reverence, there enters sometimes much of the motherly element. [ Miss Muloch ]
Over all life broods Poesy, like the calm blue sky with its motherly, rebuking face. She is the great reformer, and where the love of her is strong and healthy, wickedness and wrong cannot long prevail. [ Lowell ]
motherlyin Scrabble®
The word motherly is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.
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motherlyin Words With Friends™
The word motherly is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.
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motherly(1 word)
motherlyin them (1 word)
motherly(3 words)
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moth mother
he her other mother
he the other mother
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grandmotherly
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